A shooting late this evening in the city has left one man dead and another in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Twenty-six year old Troy Hyde of a Curl Thompson Street address was reportedly shot multiple times to the body and is receiving treatment at the K.H.M.H. But eighteen year old Anfernee […]
Representatives of Maya communities poured into the courtroom of Justice Michele Arana this morning where the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM, was awaiting a decision in its latest legal challenge. The judgment was brief and enlightened, with Justice Arana ruling in SATIIM’s favor and declaring that the decision to grant permission for road […]
A week ago, while awaiting judgment in the suit brought against government and U.S. Capital by SATIIM, attorney Michael Peyrefitte candidly told the media that the argument between the parties involved has more to do with money than genuine concern for the protection of the Sarstoon Temash National Park. In fact, he went as far […]
Despite being censured, Peyrefitte firmly stands his ground. According to the lawyer, what was said a week ago is the truth of the matter, a position to which he remains unwavering. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney for U.S. Capital “You know me, I speak the truth and I speak truth to power, especially […]
Progress brings problems, and in a city which is undergoing massive infrastructural works, those problems are cropping up frequently. Today, it was Holy Emmanuel Street, the site of a significant development project. The intention is to build a bridge spanning the Haulover Creek and joining the George Price Highway to the Phillip Goldson Highway. To […]
The verdict is in on the crops damaged near Valley of Peace in the Cayo District. Actually, it’s more accurate to say that Green Tropics’ verdict is in. The huge sugar-cane company is in the process of clearing almost twenty thousand acres of land to plant cane. They also plan to build an on-site factory […]
Residents in San Ignacio are concerned about a recurring problem in the western municipality. It has to do with the supply of running water inside homes. On Wednesday for about three hours, the water from the faucets was dirty and muddy. Residents are of the view that ongoing road works has been causing the problem […]
A Belize City man who police had charged for Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition was set free today in the court room of Magistrate Dale Cayetano. Police claimed that when they busted the house of thirty-two year old Kenroy Vanzie on January first 2013, they found a nine millimeter pistol and six live rounds […]
The Social Investment Fund has turned a new page in respect of the Dangriga market. On Tuesday, it penned a new agreement with a new contractor to resume work on the market and on Wednesday, Cesar Bedran of CB Construction received the two-million-dollar project. But even as it moves forward, there are still a lot […]
This morning, a student of the Tubal Trade and Vocational Institute near Lord’s Bank on the Phillip Goldson Highway was involved in a traffic mishap. The incident, however, was caused by bad judgment on the part of the victim. Alexander Willoughby, a first year student in the Electrical Program at the institution, was one of […]
The United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, and Belize Youth Empowerment for Change both made joint presentations before the Organization of American States earlier this week citing a list of violations against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. The special hearing saw Steven Diaz, on behalf of Belize Youth Empowerment for Change, and […]
Speaking on behalf of the Government of Belize was Belize’s Ambassador to the O.A.S., Nestor Mendez. In making his presentation, Ambassador Mendez quoted from P.M. Barrow’s 2013 Independence Speech in which he addressed the issue. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Ambassador Nestor Mendez “The Government of Belize appreciates the opportunity to present its views on the […]
There are some bodily functions that – as adults – we are just expected to always be in control of. In fact, once you are passed the toddler stage, it may seem simply inexcusable that an adult may not be able to control when they need to “go.” Right? Well, wrong. Tonight in Healthy Living, […]
